kitsune

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English

Etymology

From Japanese 狐 (kitsune, “fox”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪtˈsuː.neɪ/
    • (closer to Japanese accentuation) IPA(key): /ˈkɪt.sʊ.neɪ/, /ˈkɪts.neɪ/
    • (anglicized) IPA(key): /kɪtˈsuː.ni/, (rare) /kɪtˈsuːn/, /ˈkɪtsuːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːneɪ, -uːni, -uːn
  • Hyphenation: kit‧su‧ne

Noun

kitsune (plural kitsune or kitsunes)

  1. (Japanese mythology) A Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

kitsune m or f (plural kitsunes)

  1. (Japanese mythology) kitsune

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Japanese

Romanization

kitsune

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きつね
  2. Rōmaji transcription of キツネ

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 狐 (kitsune).

Noun

kitsune c

  1. (mythology) kitsune

Declension

Declension of kitsune
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kitsun kitsuns
definite kitsunen kitsunens
plural indefinite kitsuner kitsuners
definite kitsunerna kitsunernas

See also

Wikious
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